12-letter words containing a, t, r, e, u, s
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
- neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
- neutralistic — Employing or relating to neutralism.
- neutron star — an extremely dense, compact star composed primarily of neutrons, especially the collapsed core of a supernova.
- nuclear test — a test carried out on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- oamaru stone — a kind of limestone, of building quality, found at Oamaru on South Island, New Zealand
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- out-quarters — the outlying area of a building or district
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- outsider art — art produced by untutored artists working by themselves and for themselves
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- oversaturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- pasture rose — a bristly-stemmed rose, Rosa carolina, of the eastern U.S., having slender, straight thorns and large, solitary, rose-pink flowers.
- pastures new — If someone leaves for greener pastures, or in British English pastures new, they leave their job, their home, or the situation they are in for something they think will be much better.
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- perpetualist — someone who holds to any form of perpetualism
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- pulp plaster — plaster containing shredded wood fiber.
- punta arenas — a seaport in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile. Formerly Magallanes.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- purple state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older